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==Facts about Tamil == | ==Facts about Tamil == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>tam</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>tam</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Tamil" in Tamil''): <code>தமிழ்</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Tamil"''': <code>Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili</code> | |||
*'''The Tamil language is spoken in''': <code>India</code> | |||
Tamil is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Tamil is spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. | |||
One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India and is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world. | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language | |||
==Tamil Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.kapruka.com/dictionary/EnglishToSinhala.jsp Kapruka]: Tamil-English & [[sinhala_dictionary.htm|Sinhala]]-English <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.tamildict.com/english.php Tamildict]: Tamil-English dictionary & Tamil-German | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://dictionary.tamilcube.com/ Tamicube]: Tamil-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENTA/ENTA002.HTM Goethe-Verlag]: Tamil-English common phrases & illustrated [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/_VOCAB/EN/ENTA/ENTA.HTM vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/kadirvelu/ Tamil moli akarathi]: Tamil dictionary by Kathiraiver Pillai (1928) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/ Tamil lexicon]: published by the University of Madras (1924-1936) <span class="k">+ other [https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/tamildictionaries/index.html version]</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fabricius/ Tamil and English dictionary] by Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/mcalpin/ Core vocabulary for Tamil] by David McAlpin (1981) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=HLi5AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Anglo-Tamil dictionary] by Peter Percival (1867) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/winslow/ Comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary] <span class="x">of high and low Tamil</span> by Miron Winslow (1862) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/englishtamildict00knigrich?view=theater English and Tamil dictionary] by Joseph Knight & Levi Spaulding (1852) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=ujcsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT6 English and Tamil dictionary], <span class="x">Manuel lexikon for schools</span>, by Joseph Knight, Levi Spaulding & Samuel Hutchings (1844) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=O2EIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Phrasebook] by P. Ramasawmy (1854) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/classifiedcollec00jensiala?view=theater Classified collection of Tamil proverbs] with translation into English, by Herman Jensen (1897) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/tamilproverbswi00percgoog?view=theater Tamil proverbs] <span class="x">with their English translation</span>, by Peter Percival (1874) | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/tamil_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free Tamil Lessons== | ==Free Tamil Lessons== | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 13 September 2021
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Facts about Tamil
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
tam - Autonyms (how to write "Tamil" in Tamil):
தமிழ் - Other names for "Tamil":
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili - The Tamil language is spoken in:
India
Tamil is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Tamil is spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors.
One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India and is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language
Tamil Dictionaries
• Kapruka: Tamil-English & Sinhala-English (+ audio)
• Tamildict: Tamil-English dictionary & Tamil-German
• Tamicube: Tamil-English dictionary
• Goethe-Verlag: Tamil-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Tamil moli akarathi: Tamil dictionary by Kathiraiver Pillai (1928)
• Tamil lexicon: published by the University of Madras (1924-1936) + other version
• Tamil and English dictionary by Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972)
• Core vocabulary for Tamil by David McAlpin (1981)
• Anglo-Tamil dictionary by Peter Percival (1867)
• Comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil by Miron Winslow (1862)
• English and Tamil dictionary by Joseph Knight & Levi Spaulding (1852)
• English and Tamil dictionary, Manuel lexikon for schools, by Joseph Knight, Levi Spaulding & Samuel Hutchings (1844)
• Phrasebook by P. Ramasawmy (1854)
• Classified collection of Tamil proverbs with translation into English, by Herman Jensen (1897)
• Tamil proverbs with their English translation, by Peter Percival (1874)
Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/tamil_dictionary.htm